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Basic Medical Studies in the Rehabilitation Sector (5 cr)

Code: SX00FO36-3001

General information


Enrollment

25.11.2024 - 08.12.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 16.03.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

School of Rehabilitation and Examination

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Prosthetics and Orthotics

Groups

  • SXA24S1
    Apuvälinetekniikan tutkinto-ohjelma päivä

Objective

The student is able to explain the medical basics and use them when evaluating and rehabilitating a client's functional capacity. The student is able to describe the pathophysiology of illnesses, pain and healing processes.

The student understands and recognises the key disorders in the respiratory system, blood circulatory system and musculoskeletal system as well as metabolic diseases and disorders in the central and peripheral nervous systems and in psychic processes, and knows the rehabilitation and treatment principles related to them.

The student understands the connection between medical treatment and functional capacity and recognises the indications to use the most common medical treatments.

Content

Medicine and drug treatment as part of rehabilitation, 0.5 credits
Pathophysiology of illnesses, pain and healing processes, 1 credit
Meaning of pain for someone undergoing rehabilitation, 0.5 credits
Disorders of the respiratory system, blood circulatory system and musculoskeletal system, 0.5 credits
Common musculoskeletal illnesses, 1 credit
Common metabolic diseases, including diabetes, 0.5 credits
Common diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, 1 credit

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
· Student can search for professional knowledge regarding a single issue
· Student is familiar with the professional knowledge base of the field
· Student distinguishes informal information from research knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
· Student can act in individual professional situations according to instruction
· Student aims to act in a client-oriented way
· Student proves to have adequate skills to act in
professional situations

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
· Student is familiar with the ethical principles of the field
· Student can work as a member of a work group
· Student is able to evaluate personal strengths and development needs

Assessment criteria, good (3)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
· Student can search for knowledge from various
sources and is familiar with the professional knowledge base of the field

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
· Student can work well in typical professional tasks and situations
· Student can work in a client-oriented way

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
· Student can act in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
· Student can work in work groups and projects
· Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
· Student can search for knowledge from different sources and justifies their use
· Student utilizes the professional knowledge base

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
· Student can apply professional skills in professional situations and acts responsibly
· Student can act in a client-oriented way
· Student is capable of solving professional tasks and problems

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
· Student justifies professional activities based on the ethical principles of the field
· Student can work in work groups and projects and shares competence
· Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

PASS: Same as satisfactory (see above)

FAIL:

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
· Student uses professional knowledge base of the field one-sidedly and is not familiar
enough with the sources of the field

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
· Student does not have adequate professional knowledge or skills
· Student does not act according to educational objectives or instruction

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
· Student does not consider professional safety or ethical principles sufficiently
· Student does not show adequate readiness to participate in group and development work

Prerequisites

Anatomy and Physiology